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5 Transformative Strategies to Update Socratic Seminars for Today’s Learners

Leah Cleary

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I’ve got 5 transformative strategies you can use to update Socratic Seminars for today’s learners. And how do we do that?

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5 Transformative Strategies to Update Socratic Seminars for Today’s Learners

Leah Cleary

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. These can help you bring social studies to life for your students. I’ve got 5 transformative strategies you can use to update Socratic Seminars for today’s learners. And how do we do that?

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I Fell into Inquiry While Reading

C3 Teachers

But as an early teacher in social studies and ELA, misconceptions about the importance of authentically investigating history filled my brain. I knew I wanted my students to engage in source analysis, and I knew I wanted them to think deeply about complex history. “We inherit our history.” I had a compelling question.

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Practicing What We Preach: Using Inquiry to Design a Social Studies Methods Class

C3 Teachers

Therefore, when I learned that I would be teaching a social studies assessment course as part of a cross-content assessment course this spring, I started thinking about some of the tension points surrounding not only teacher education, but also student assessment. than to disclose their perspective on abortion.